Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body

Holyrood Project

Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP): To ask the Presiding Officer, further to the answer to question S1W-21898 by Sir David Steel on 24 January 2002, on what date the construction managers obtained each document referred to in the answer; from whom they were obtained, and from whom, and on what dates, the construction managers sought credit reference information in respect of Flour City Architectural Metals (UK) Ltd.

George Reid: The Construction Managers for the Holyrood project, Bovis Lend Lease (Scotland) Ltd, have informed the Project Team that all the documents listed in the answer to parliamentary question S1W-21898 on 24 January 2002, were received from Flour City Architectural Metals (UK) Ltd, during the prequalification process for the bid list for the MSP Building Cladding package. That process took place in May 2000.

  Bovis Lend Lease (Scotland) Ltd have also advised that, as Flour City Architectural Metals (UK) Ltd had only been operating in the UK for a short period of time, no published credit references were available.

Holyrood Project

Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Presiding Officer how much of the total cost of the Holyrood building project has been paid out as at 31 May 2003.

George Reid: Around £203 million capital has been spent on the new Parliament building project and just over £4 million capital on associated landscaping.

  Following are statistics on parliamentary questions answered in the period from 19/05/2003 to 13/06/2003

  

 

Scottish Executive


Presiding Officer


Total




Total questions asked


598


4


602




Total questions answered


538


9


547




  


Total non-recess questions 
  answered (breakdown)




Answered within (counting days):


Scottish Executive


Presiding Officer




0-10 days*


471


9




11-20 days


67


0




21-30 days


0


0




31-40 days


0


0




41 days and over


0


0




Total answered


538


9




Total recess questions 
  answered (breakdown)




Answered within (counting days):


Scottish Executive


Presiding Officer




11-20 days


0


0




21-30 days


0


0




31-40 days


0


0




41 days and over


0


0




Total answered


0


0




  *Answers to questions lodged before 16 May 2003 which were answered within seven counting days of ministers being appointed are treated as having been answered within the due period for the purpose of these statistics.